Imagining Reperformance in Ancient Culture Studies in the Traditions of Drama and Lyric

A theoretically informed, up-to-date study of the idea and practice of reperformance in ancient poetry.

About the author

Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. His most recent books include Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: The Silent Stream (Cambridge, 2012), Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days (Cambridge, 2014) and Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book IV (Cambridge, 2015).Anna Uhlig is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California, Davis. She has published on Greek lyric and dramatic poetry of the Archaic and Classical periods, and is completing a study of Pindar and Aeschylus.

Summary

This book studies the idea and practice of reperformance as it affects ancient lyric poetry and drama, and especially how poets and critics use this idea to create a deep temporal sense. All chapters are informed by recent developments in performance studies, and all Greek and Latin is translated.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hunter Richard (Editor), Richard Hunter (Editor), Anna (University of California Uhlig (Editor), Richard (University of Cambridge) Hunter (Editor), Anna Uhlig (Editor)
• Authors: Richard Hunter, Richard (University of Cambridge) Uhlig Hunter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.06.2017
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9781107151475
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15147-5
• Pages: 348
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies; Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: HISTORY / Ancient / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: poetry and poets